It's a Grill

This latest addition to the Simmons family arrived just in time for Father's Day.

Usually, Andrea cooks whatever I want for dinner or we go to one of our parents' homes, but this year we did something a little different. I got to cook my own meal and break in my new gas grill. I went with a couple of my all time favorites, tri-tip steaks and zucchini.

The grill works great! Check out these grill marks. MMMMMM.....

I'm sure this bundle of joy will bring us many delicious delights for years to come. Thanks mom and dad.

The Best Father's Day Gift

Just in time for Father's day, Hannah probably said the cutest thing to date. Saturday Brian was changing Hannah's diaper and I asked Hannah if Brian was her buddy. With her biggest smile, Hannah said "No, daddy's my hero."

Camp Nauvoo

This weekend we had our ward's 2nd annual camp out at Camp Nauvoo and it was a blast!! It seemed like at least half our ward was there.

The camp has a dammed up pond that makes for a great little swimming hole for the kids. Hannah was very excited at first and marched out with swim ring but decided hanging out on the rock near the bank was more her style.


Hannah was adventurous enough to go on the raft with her dad.


One of Hannah's favorite things to do was walk on the bridge that went over the pond. We walked over it again and again and again and, well you get the point.


Here's Hannah enjoying two of her favorite foods; carrots and strawberries.


Hannah roasted her first marshmellow.....


and had her first Smore.

She loved it!

When it was time to leave, Hannah even helped us take down the tent.

Our favorite summer show

Check out why we love this show!!

I've never been much of a dancer (not much coordination you know) but this show makes me want to sign up for the next local dance class. Even Hannah loves it!

Last weeks elders quorum meeting.......

Class of 2009

My brother Michael graduated last night from River Valley High School. River Valley is the new high school in Yuba City and the class of 2009 was the fist class to go there for all 4 years.

Michael is the first of the Sawyer children not to be a Honker (yes, I said honker. My mascot was a Canadian goose. Go Honkers!)

River Valley's mascot is a falcon and they had a real falcon that flew over the stadium (there was no goose at my graduation). It was pretty cool.

They also had fireworks (there were also no fireworks at my graduation).

Here's the official graduate.

Here's a few pics of the grad and the family.

Mike, you've really grown up into a handsome young man and we're all so proud of you!

New Moon Trailer

I wasn't the biggest fan of the Twilight movie and this trailer doesn't give me too much hope that New Moon will be much better but I can't help but get excited anyways.